Eminem. Marshall Mathers. Slim Shady. The first rap superstar of the 21st Century arrived late but still made a mark. His outspoken style, voiced through his alter egos has won him many enemies. The man who took a chocolate sweet as his rap "tag" is no soft centre.
Quotes include:
"People have kind of sensed my stance a little bit since Bush took office, with what's going on in the world and what he's got our country into."
"I've grown up in the last couple of years and I'm keeping an eye on my money, The way I treat it is every dollar that I make could be my last."
"They portrayed me as a vicious, vile, evil person, but I wouldn't have got anywhere in this business if I was just a complete asshole."
"If my contribution to this game is that a 40-something-year-old person walks up to me saying, Yo, you make me like hip-hop – if it's that, then so be it."
"It's almost to the point where I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good. And I never really asked for that."
